NFL Salary
Pay vs Performance
Detroit Lions roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-10-27Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filtering
Roster contracts
57
Roster APY
$361.9M
Rookie-scale deals
23
Top-quartile deals
11
League median APY
$1.5M
Market read
22roster contracts rank above their position market's median in both pay and role.
1top-quartile contracts here sit in the bottom half of their market's role.
0below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.
Pay vs role
Lions roster · 57 contracts plotted · each vs his own position market
Snap-share percentile
0255075100
League median payLeague median roleRole ahead of payPremium starterLow-cost depthPay ahead of roleScruggsCarter
16
97
14
58
1
54
0
46
4
64
55
76
79
91
89
23
98
8
44
87
32
5
69
10
5
18
30
2
70
36
11
21
11
41
53
83
86
45
6
95
85
57
50
33
93
71
94
73
66
25
17
15
65
43
13
35
19
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample
Biggest rank gaps
Detroit Lions roster · role lens · gap within each position marketRole ahead of pay
+54
Sam LaPortaTE
PAY 57
ROLE 3
$2.4M
89.1% snaps
Rookie scale
+53
Isaac TeSlaaWR
PAY 105
ROLE 52
$1.7M
60.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+53
Roger McCrearyCB
PAY 103
ROLE 50
$1.4M
75.5% snaps
One-year
+44
Christian MahoganyG
PAY 90
ROLE 46
$1M
68.2% snaps
Rookie scale
+40
Skyler Gill-HowardDT
PAY 82
ROLE 42
$1.2M
45.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+39
DJ WonnumEDGE
PAY 90
ROLE 51
$3M
58.4% snaps
One-year
Pay ahead of role
-118
DeAndre CarterWR
PAY 132
ROLE 250
$1.3M
0% snaps
One-year
-96
Tom KennedyWR
PAY 148
ROLE 244
$1.2M
0.2% snaps
One-year
-82
Amen OgbongbemigaLB
PAY 131
ROLE 213
$1.2M
0% snaps
One-year
-78
Jimmy RolderLB
PAY 106
ROLE 184
$1.4M
1.6% snaps
Rookie scale
-53
Malik CunninghamWR
PAY 194
ROLE 247
$1M
0.1% snaps
Rookie scale
-48
Khalil DorseyCB
PAY 87
ROLE 135
$1.6M
3.6% snaps
Veteran
OCT 27
4:05 PM
C
CHART MOVE
Now first-team C
WAS JUICE SCRUGGS
OCT 27
4:05 PM
FS
CHART MOVE
Now first-team FS
WAS CHRISTIAN IZIEN
OCT 27
4:05 PM
PR
CHART MOVE
Now first-team PR
WAS JACOB SAYLORS
OCT 25
7:01 PM
CB
STATUS
Listed Questionable — Ankle injury